The sun., 1887-03-27
THE POLICE OF PARIS.

IN 4 POLlCE OF PARIS.
ao'W THE rREvCn METROPOLIS IL
..a e. KEPT IN ORDER
"ie orHnnisation ana Cost OF the French
Fsnest"-varieties OF Criminal Popula.
Wen-1ssilaps the Dnndiest Pick peckets-
- Aecompnshea Lady Thieves In French
10. steres-A Circle .Forrotten by Dante.
d" PARIS, March 1s.--The city Of Paris is d.
v,ded into twenty police divisions. correspond.
ing with the twenty municipal divisions into
srrondtssements. Each division is divided into
quarters, and each quarter comprises certain
number OF districts, forming the beats OF the
roundsmen. In each quarter there is o Police
Commissioners. or Commissaire," and q police
station. the two establishments being US near
together as possible. The Prefecture Of Police
consists OF two distinct organs, namely, tho
Bedentary service and the active service. Tho
sedentary service comprises the bureaucrats
OF the central administration, plus eighty
Commissioners, or Commissaires de Police,
distributed ovor tho town. who. together with
their secretaries and employees, amount to ~
total OF 422. The active service consists Of all
she rest OF tho police. whether In uniform or In
'lain clothes, in oil 7,756 men, placed under the
orders Of the Chief Of the Municipal Police.
oub VI tHlS nutuOeT O,oOV men are
simple policemen. and tho rest are
officers and inspectors. These 6.s0O men are
divided into twenty district brigades. one for
sach reimbursement of Paris; six central brig
.Ades t672 nenl four Of which are employed in
exceptional street service, race courses thea
tres. &C.. while the two others superintend the
cab service and the service OF the Central Mar
ket. The men OF these twenty-six brigades
wear uniforms The policemen in plain clothes
are tho detectives Of the Brigade de 10
Suret6;" the service dos moeurs," particu-
lariy concerned with questions Of prostitution;
the "seryice dc 10 permanence." concerned
with tho reception Of individuals arrested and
brought to the Central Depot the lodging house
brigade. and four brigades OF the Bureau Of
General Information. All these services are
under the command Of the Chief Of the Num-
cipal Police, who is paid $4,000 SALARY, plus
II, 200 qualifications. plus $1,560 carriage ex-
ienses. and 81, 800 office expenses. He also re-
ceivos gratis a house and flrinH
The Service dc In Suret6 comprises a chief
thirty-eisbt officers, and 800 men. Tho chief Is
paid 81 GOO year. plus supplement OF $3.50
and allowances for expenses: his total budget
docs not exceed s3,400. The 1ve principal in-
spectors Of this service are paid $500 year,
The brigadiers s400. and the men from $3.50 to
$40 ycar. plus an allowance OF $50 year for
clothes. The Suret6 mon have no defensive
weapons provided by the administration; most
Of thom However, have revolvcrs Of their own,
which thcy rarely use. The only instrument
III coeOion which the administration tolerates
Is the cabriolel. a bit Of thick whipcord twelve
Inches long with wooden tags ut tho ends.
This cord Is twisted around the prisoners wrist
and the tags held by the policeman. In reality
the caJriolet is poor tool, and its poorness has
led the Partisan detectives to invent ingenious
means Of disabling their prisoners: for in
stance. to take one OF the prisoners boots Off
and oblige him to limp along, or to cut the but
tons Off his trousers and oblige him to hold
them up with his hand. I.
The lodging house brigade is an anti1uated'
and comparatively useless section Of tho police.
II Somprisos ten offlcars and 100 men, whose
go 81
gllers or lodEers. 1t is to be remarked that
Trench law hxes no punishment for the as
house. FURTHERMORE, the lodging house brig
ado has no regular communication with the
ana a4fe s's nu IN q ae what ss the
BRIGADE ia 1t is hard to see.
The brIgades of the General Information Bu-
lice. They concern themselves with all kinds Of
investigations. the object Of whichis not the
ings. look into tho affairs of large firms and
tinsncia! companies inspect p,. gambling estab-
nspeeten f rareis
sral Iniormation into the "eercles /" Or
%Gs Hith pss eFe gambling ni hes
The he, "eereIe" no Is an association authorized by
which commercial games are allowed. Com
ppposed 10 games Of chance, or ieux do
In the beginning. and in which the skill OF the
player interyenes In the course Of the game
xhcR H he p d W payer has a.
tunity Of manifesting itself. EcartSis com
ne %iercial game; because chance presides in the
distribution OF the cards and tho skill OF the
player in their. employment. Baccarat is n
commercial game, because the skin of the
games q chance; With the regular ',.cerelesN
little to do. but % with candestne frpos pots 'th ths
special section des ieux" is constantly occu-
pied. for the moment one "tripot" is, sup
eiandesinc helis @ arc &c GcneIa!ly m opened by old
courtesans who have retained circle Of ac-
for an aiter-dinner cup Of tea and intinf,tes
will be present. The Parsinn bachelors and
ceet Tiers re fe IS II e fs
harmless play and an imIrovised supper. The
parently exotic gentlemen appear.on the scene.
and Ar; display diamond rings and big scarf pins.
iann tRs @ r hostess iuys TO her gnss1 en
receive everybody. Hcncctorwnrd can admit
only YOU and your intimate friends, and in
order to avoid mistakes I'VE we mus, must agree gre upon
pause. q third ring, and then you say 10 the
servant who: 9penS:' have come to havea
tnted, and ,of such. there are dozens in tho
Chnussee dAutin. the Quarticr de rEurope,
and tho Rue l!ochechouart. ,eueh with its pass
thn birs ns sl aGf'or gond s hSG cpms rnbt eP
Nine 9r what not. for ! cits only a
u player gets cleaned out. Ho reflects
TINT after Nli no has been probably cheatcd,
and he goes TO the Prefecture Of Police and
den9uncos THO "tlipot," REPEATS, the pass
Serves you. right" rerliy, INC, nGlire. mt
thanks for the Information. And immedi-
ateiy an exnedition is prsparsn,d. IN THO course
house, and cndcavurs. without exciting dis
trust, TO verify the plan Of the rooms, which Is
easy II there happens 10 bo II vacant fiat to let.
Tho Chief Of tho folice gives tie necessary or
der, a. company oi ten or fifteen mon are
Told of. and nj n given hour IN the evening
they rendezvous at the door Of the house One
man guards the pUrter; four mount the back
ataircase: ten mount the grand staircase
The leader of tho company rings, re-
peats tho pass word, pushes back the valet,
Al III.